INFERIOR POST

January 17, 2012
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This is a post most inferior

You might even call it posterior

I tried to think of one eerier

Then took on the search for one cheerier

So before I grow any wearier

I’ll just post this post most inferior

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FERNS

January 16, 2012
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Ferns are friendly to a fault

Until you cross ’em

Then they’re nault

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ZORRO THE DUCK, PRIVATE EYE

January 15, 2012
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Unable to fly after an all night binge featuring too many shots of rye and not enough parakeets, Zorro the Duck staggered through Golden Gate Park with a head full of hammers that wouldn’t quit playing at blacksmiths. He hoped to make it to his office in one piece and fall onto his couch for a week or two, where he would be tendered mercy by his spinster get-out-the-vote secretary, Susan B. Anthony. Yesterday’s Cliff House visit had turned up nothing but a sarcastic gull and a couple of goon seals who found it amusing to play ‘dunk the duck’. Zorro was no closer to finding the missing pelican, and his client was the kind of bird who expressed disappointment in a manner not to be viewed by children unless accompanied by an adult. Another day in San Francisco, another stumble down the trash lane of life.

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A SENTENCE BY WILLARD R. ESPY

January 14, 2012
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The man who speaks of JEN-yoo-ine

Instead of JEN-yoo-in

Began a letter home, “Dear Kine’:

He had in mind “Dear Kin.”

 

Who? A humorous grammar guy. Trust me.

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CARTOON FRIDAY 137

January 13, 2012

“No, rogue elephant mail inspector! It’s not what it looks like. I’m not the thief, I tell you!”

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NOTHING

January 12, 2012
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I have nothing to say today, and so I’d like to take this opportunity to say it.

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THE FOREST PRIME EVIL

January 11, 2012
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This is the Forest Prime Evil, a hoot and a holler down the road from the Forest Secondary Evil. Hack your way in there, and boy howdy, you’ll soon see why it’s Prime. If you happen to escape (I laugh), sure you’ll be wearing the mark of fear forever and a day. What’s in there? Between you and me and the lamppost, think tentacles, beaks, razored claws, toxic slobber, stench, and insurance forms.

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IN TRAINING

January 10, 2012

This flower, Spanish Maria, is seriously training to take part in the Miss Blossom Pageant of 2012. Having just emerged from a half hour bout of strenuous exercise in the sauna, she is on her way to plunge into an ice bath, drink a fertilizer shake, and enjoy a twenty minute nap before tackling her punishing afternoon regimen. Best of luck, Maria.

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TRAGEDY

January 9, 2012
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For never was a Storie of more Wo,

Then this of Iuliet and her Romeo.

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WHY VAUDEVILLE DIED

January 8, 2012
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TYPICAL LATE PLAYBILL

The Amazing Bruno, A Lumberjack and His Log

Bradley Kramer, The Belching Chiropractor

Mysterio, The Invisible Mime

Francis Carmody and His Singing Owl

The Swiss Family Knife Sharpeners

Marmalade Magic and Millie the Horse

Count Bosco’s Operatic Mice

The Song Stylings of Sam Beckett

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